Season 1976–77 Goals scored 1,061 | Average goals/game 3.47 | |
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Champions Borussia Mönchengladbach
5th Bundesliga title
5th German title European Cup Borussia Mönchengladbach Cup Winners' Cup 1. FC Köln
Hamburger SV (title holders) UEFA Cup FC Schalke 04
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Frankfurt
FC Bayern Munich Relegated Karlsruher SC, Tennis Borussia Berlin, Rot-Weiss Essen Similar 1975–76 Bundesliga, 1974–75 Bundesliga, 1972–73 Bundesliga, 1970–71 Bundesliga, 1991–92 Bundesliga | ||
The 1976–77 Bundesliga was the 14th season of the Bundesliga, West Germany's premier football league. It began on 14 August 1976 and ended on 21 May 1977. Borussia Mönchengladbach were the defending champions.
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Competition modus
Every team played two games against each other team, one at home and one away. Teams received two points for a win and one point for a draw. If two or more teams were tied on points, places were determined by goal difference and, if still tied, by goals scored. The team with the most points were crowned champions while the three teams with the least points were relegated to their respective 2. Bundesliga divisions.
Team changes to 1975–76
Hannover 96, Kickers Offenbach and Bayer 05 Uerdingen were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after finishing in the last three places. They were replaced by Tennis Borussia Berlin, winners of the 2. Bundesliga Northern Division, 1. FC Saarbrücken, winners of the Southern Division and Borussia Dortmund, who won a two-legged promotion play-off against 1. FC Nuremberg.
League table
Source: www.dfb.de
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1Hamburger SV won the 1976–77 European Cup Winners' Cup and thereby automatically qualified as defending champions.
2As 1. FC Köln qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, their UEFA Cup spot was transferred to Bayern Munich.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Source: www.dfb.de
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match between Kaiserslautern and Düsseldorf was suspended at 0–1 after 76 minutes after bottles were repeatedly thrown from the stands. The DFB awarded the game to Düsseldorf with a 0–2 score.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.